πέδιλον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Aeol. [[πέδιλλον]] Choerob. in ''An.Ox.''2.239: τό: ([[πέδη]]):—mostly in plural,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[πέδιλα]] = [[sandal]]s, ἀμφὶ πόδεσσιν… ἀράρισκε π., τάμνων δέρμα βόειον Od.14.23; <b class="b3">ὑπὸ ποσσὶν ἐδήσατο καλὰ π. ἀμβρόσια χρύσεια, τά μιν φέρον ἠμὲν ἐφ' ὑγρὴν ἠδ' ἐπ' ἀπείρονα γαῖαν</b>, of [[Hermes]], Il.24.340; of Athena, Od. 1.96; <b class="b3">πτερόεντα π.</b> Hes.''Sc.''220; ποτανά E.''El.''460 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> any [[covering for the feet]], [[shoes]] or [[boots]], π. ἐς γόνυ ἀνατείνοντα [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.67; <b class="b3">περὶ τοὺς πόδας τε καὶ τὰς κνήμας π. νεβρῶν</b> ib.75, cf. Pi.''P.''4.95, Plu.''Thes.''3; <b class="b3">ἱμάτιον καθαρὸν καὶ καινὰ π.</b> [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Birds|Av.]]''973.<br><span class="bld">III</span> metaph., <b class="b3">Δωρίῳ φωνὰν ἐναρμόξαι π.</b>, i.e. to write in Doric [[rhythm]] (cf. [[πούς]]), Pi. O.3.5; also <b class="b3">ἐν τούτῳ π. πόδ' ἔχειν</b> to have one's foot in this [[shoe]], i.e. to be in this condition or fortune, ib.6.8.